TY - JOUR
T1 - Photo-ferroelectric perovskite interfaces for boosting VOC in efficient perovskite solar cells
AU - Pica, Giovanni
AU - Pancini, Lorenzo
AU - Petoukhoff, Christopher E.
AU - Vishal, Badri
AU - Toniolo, Francesco
AU - Ding, Changzeng
AU - Jung, Young Kwang
AU - Prato, Mirko
AU - Mrkyvkova, Nada
AU - Siffalovic, Peter
AU - De Wolf, Stefaan
AU - Ma, Chang Qi
AU - Laquai, Frédéric
AU - Walsh, Aron
AU - Grancini, Giulia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Interface engineering is the core of device optimization, and this is particularly true for perovskite photovoltaics (PVs). The steady improvement in their performance has been largely driven by careful manipulation of interface chemistry to reduce unwanted recombination. Despite that, PVs devices still suffer from unavoidable open circuit voltage (VOC) losses. Here, we propose a different approach by creating a photo-ferroelectric perovskite interface. By engineering an ultrathin ferroelectric two-dimensional perovskite (2D) which sandwiches a perovskite bulk, we exploit the electric field generated by external polarization in the 2D layer to enhance charge separation and minimize interfacial recombination. As a result, we observe a net gain in the device VOC reaching 1.21 V, the highest value reported to date for highly efficient perovskite PVs, leading to a champion efficiency of 24%. Modeling depicts a coherent matching of the crystal and electronic structure at the interface, robust to defect states and molecular reorientation. The interface physics is finely tuned by the photoferroelectric field, representing a new tool for advanced perovskite device design.
AB - Interface engineering is the core of device optimization, and this is particularly true for perovskite photovoltaics (PVs). The steady improvement in their performance has been largely driven by careful manipulation of interface chemistry to reduce unwanted recombination. Despite that, PVs devices still suffer from unavoidable open circuit voltage (VOC) losses. Here, we propose a different approach by creating a photo-ferroelectric perovskite interface. By engineering an ultrathin ferroelectric two-dimensional perovskite (2D) which sandwiches a perovskite bulk, we exploit the electric field generated by external polarization in the 2D layer to enhance charge separation and minimize interfacial recombination. As a result, we observe a net gain in the device VOC reaching 1.21 V, the highest value reported to date for highly efficient perovskite PVs, leading to a champion efficiency of 24%. Modeling depicts a coherent matching of the crystal and electronic structure at the interface, robust to defect states and molecular reorientation. The interface physics is finely tuned by the photoferroelectric field, representing a new tool for advanced perovskite device design.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41467-024-53121-8
DO - 10.1038/s41467-024-53121-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 39384782
AN - SCOPUS:85206013162
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 15
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
M1 - 8753
ER -